Author: Edward WestermarckPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Ritual and Belief in Morocco
Author: Edward WestermarckPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Ritual and Belief in Morocco: Vol. II (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Edward WestermarckPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317912616
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 573
Book Description
Between the years of 1898 and 1926, Edward Westermarck spent a total of seven years in Morocco, visiting towns and tribes in different parts of the country, meeting local people and learning about their language and culture; his findings are noted in this two-volume set, first published in 1926. The first volume contains extensive reference material, including Westermarck’s system of transliteration and a comprehensive list of the tribes and districts mentioned in the text. The chapters in this, the second volume, explore such areas as the rites and beliefs connected with the Islamic calendar, agriculture, and childbirth. This title will fascinate any student or researcher of anthropology with an interest in the history of ritual, culture and religion in Morocco.
Ritual and Belief in Morocco: Vol. I (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Edward WestermarckPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317912675
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 651
Book Description
Between the years of 1898 and 1926, Edward Westermarck spent a total of seven years in Morocco, visiting towns and tribes in different parts of the country, meeting local people and learning about their language and culture; his findings are noted in this two-volume set, first published in 1926. Alongside extensive reference material, including Westermarck’s system of transliteration and a comprehensive list of the tribes and districts mentioned in the text, the chapters discuss such areas as the influences on and relationship between religion and magic in Morocco, the origins of beliefs and practices, curses and witchcraft. This is the first volume of two dealing with the same subject, and will fascinate any student or researcher of anthropology with an interest in the history of ritual, culture and religion in Morocco.
Ritual and Belief in Morocco
Author: Edvard Alexander WestermarckPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Ritual and Belief in Morocco
Author: Edward WestermarckPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Magic
Languages : en
Pages : 629
Book Description
Islam Observed
Author: Clifford GeertzPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226285115
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
"In four brief chapters," writes Clifford Geertz in his preface, "I have attempted both to lay out a general framework for the comparative analysis of religion and to apply it to a study of the development of a supposedly single creed, Islam, in two quite contrasting civilizations, the Indonesian and the Moroccan." Mr. Geertz begins his argument by outlining the problem conceptually and providing an overview of the two countries. He then traces the evolution of their classical religious styles which, with disparate settings and unique histories, produced strikingly different spiritual climates. So in Morocco, the Islamic conception of life came to mean activism, moralism, and intense individuality, while in Indonesia the same concept emphasized aestheticism, inwardness, and the radical dissolution of personality. In order to assess the significance of these interesting developments, Mr. Geertz sets forth a series of theoretical observations concerning the social role of religion.
Ritual and belief in Morocco : in two volumes. 2
Author: Edward WestermarckHealth and Ritual in Morocco
Author: Josep Lluís Mateo DiestePublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004232869
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
In Health and Ritual in Morocco, J. L. Mateo Dieste analyzes the many notions of the body in contemporary Morocco and shows how a rich universe of healing systems and rituals conforms to social and historical power relationships.
Ritual and Belief in Morocco 2
Author: OutletThe Gnawa Lions
Author: Christopher WitulskiPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253036763
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Traditionally gnawa musicians in Morocco played for all-night ceremonies where communities gathered to invite spirits to heal mental, physical, and social ills untreatable by other means. Now gnawa music can be heard on the streets of Marrakech, at festivals in Essaouira, in Fez's cafes, in Casablanca's nightclubs, and in the bars of Rabat. As it moves further and further from its origins as ritual music and listeners seek new opportunities to hear performances, musicians are challenged to adapt to new tastes while competing for potential clients and performance engagements. Christopher Witulski explores how gnawa musicians straddle popular and ritual boundaries to assert, negotiate, and perform their authenticity in this rich ethnography of Moroccan music. Witulski introduces readers to gnawa performers, their friends, the places where they play, and the people they play for. He emphasizes the specific strategies performers use to define themselves and their multiple identities as Muslims, Moroccans, and traditional musicians. The Gnawa Lions reveals a shifting terrain of music, ritual, and belief that follows the negotiation of musical authenticity, popular demand, and economic opportunity.